Solar Inventions snags global patents for reduced-silver production process
- After obtaining its first U.S. patent last year for its solar manufacturing process, Solar Inventions has actually been provided new patents in China and Israel and also is working with added international accessibility.
The United States has additionally issued efficient Dec. 13 a "continuation patent" which considerably expands the insurance claims from the company's very first issued patent, United States 11145774, and also now consists of one of the most modern-day cell frameworks.
Dr. Ben Damiani, a professional inventor in the solar as well as semiconductor industries who formerly worked at Suniva and Intel as well as is currently Solar Inventions' CTO, found he might develop numerous "lanes" or subcells on a single silicon wafer by electrically dividing each cell during the metalization procedure. The procedure requires no capital investment or process adjustment from PV cell suppliers to carry out. This strategy effectively develops a new style that boosts cell, module and also system performance, while conserving as much as 18% of the silver required-- which adds to a $2-5 million financial savings per gigawatt at dominating silver rates.
" As the solar sector shifts to new cell frameworks such as TOPCon and also HJT and also manufacturing continues to speed up around the globe, the financial benefits of our Configurable Current Cell (C3) modern technology gain relevance," Damiani stated. "C3 dramatically raises silver cost savings for solar cell suppliers, while adding power and also resiliency."
China just recently issued patent CN 111868935 for Solar Inventions' C3 technology, on October 21, 2022. Israel published patent IL 279079 in November, as well as lacking opposition, will certainly issue it on February 1, 2023. Applications are pending in the European Union as well as 13 added countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, as well as Vietnam, which with each other account for nearly 90% of the around the world solar market.
The enhanced cells and panels can conveniently be made on existing PV factory lines, with no new devices or products. CEO Gregg Freishtat stated manufacturers that accredit the innovation will certainly pay just a portion of the silver savings developed thereby assuring increased benefit from the very first cell produced using C3.
